A veteran catcher currently leading the league in batting average has emerged as the top vote-getter for the Korea Baseball Organization All-Star Game.

The KBO announced the starting lineups for the Dream and Nanum Teams for the annual midseason affair to take place on July 14 at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan, 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

(Yonhap)

Doosan Bears' catcher Yang Eui-ji, representing the Dream side, led all starters with 484,185 votes from fans and 213 more from players, coaches and managers. Yang earned 58.42 All-Star points.

Fans accounted for 70 percent of the vote, while fellow players, coaches and managers were responsible for 30 percent of the vote to determine the starters.

Yang, considered the KBO's best two-way catcher, is tops with a .378 batting average. He also has 17 home runs, just five shy of a career high set in 2016, with the Bears sitting pretty in first place at 53-26, 5.5 games ahead of the Hanwha Eagles.

The Dream Team will also be made up of players from the Lotte Giants, SK Wyverns, Samsung Lions and KT Wiz. The Nanum Team will feature players from the Kia Tigers, NC Dinos, LG Twins, Nexen Heroes and Hanwha Eagles.